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The ten best-paid chief executives in the United States each received more
than $100 million last year — and for the first time two took home more than
$1 billion.

The latest CEO pay survey by GMI Ratings, a corporate governance reach group,
named the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as the top-paid executive. Mr
Zuckerberg received $2.3 billion in total earnings, including stock option
proceeds.

Second was Richard Kinder, chief executive of the energy giant Kinder Morgan,
with compensation of $1.1 billion according to the survey, which is based on
an analysis of 2,259 publicly traded companies in North America and